diff --git a/example/src/pages/unmounttest.tsx b/example/src/pages/unmounttest.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9563a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/pages/unmounttest.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { GetStaticProps } from 'next';
+import { Box, Text, Flex } from 'rebass';
+import SbEditable from 'storyblok-react';
+import { sdk } from '~/lib/graphqlClient';
+import { WithStoryProps, useStory, Image } from '@storyofams/storyblok-toolkit';
+
+type GalleryProps = WithStoryProps;
+
+const Gallery = ({ story: providedStory }: GalleryProps) => {
+  const storyProp = useStory(providedStory);
+
+  const [story, setStory] = useState(storyProp);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setStory(null);
+  }, []);
+
+  return (
+    <Box
+      sx={{
+        maxWidth: 1228,
+        mx: 'auto',
+        px: 3,
+        py: 6,
+      }}
+    >
+      <Text mt={5} as="h1">
+        Gallery
+      </Text>
+      {!!story && (
+        <SbEditable content={story?.content}>
+          <Flex mx={-2} mt={4} flexWrap="wrap">
+            {story?.content?.images?.map((image) => (
+              <Box key={image?.filename} width={['100%', '50%']} px={2} mb={3}>
+                <Box
+                  sx={{
+                    borderRadius: '8px',
+                  }}
+                  height={['200px', '380px']}
+                  overflow="hidden"
+                >
+                  <Image
+                    src={image?.filename}
+                    fluid={590}
+                    alt=""
+                    showPlaceholder={false}
+                  />
+                </Box>
+              </Box>
+            ))}
+          </Flex>
+        </SbEditable>
+      )}
+    </Box>
+  );
+};
+
+export default Gallery;
+
+export const getStaticProps: GetStaticProps = async () => {
+  let story;
+  let notFound = false;
+
+  try {
+    story = (await sdk.galleryItem({ slug: 'gallery' })).GalleryItem;
+  } catch (e) {
+    notFound = true;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    props: {
+      story,
+    },
+    notFound,
+    // revalidate: 60,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/image/__tests__/createIntersectionObserver.test.tsx b/src/image/__tests__/createIntersectionObserver.test.tsx
index 8e018f7..8b38e07 100644
--- a/src/image/__tests__/createIntersectionObserver.test.tsx
+++ b/src/image/__tests__/createIntersectionObserver.test.tsx
@@ -153,4 +153,20 @@ describe('[image] createIntersectionObserver', () => {
 
     expect(optionsMock).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ rootMargin: '1250px' });
   });
+
+  it('should not observe if target doesnt exist', async () => {
+    const callbackMock = jest.fn();
+    const component = <div id="test" />;
+
+    act(() => {
+      render(component);
+    });
+
+    const result = await createIntersectionObserver(
+      document.querySelector('#notexistant'),
+      callbackMock,
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/image/createIntersectionObserver.ts b/src/image/createIntersectionObserver.ts
index 32362ef..25e40d7 100644
--- a/src/image/createIntersectionObserver.ts
+++ b/src/image/createIntersectionObserver.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ export const createIntersectionObserver = async (
     },
   );
 
+  if (!el) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   // Add element to the observer
   io.observe(el);